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The amount of data on 5.25" disks which is also in standard PC formats means that a standard USB-mass-storage implementation would have limited use. There are
by myself248 6y ago
The amount of data on 5.25" disks which is also in standard PC formats means that a standard USB-mass-storage implementation would have limited use.
There are plenty of archival-quality solutions which perform low-level flux imaging of the media, and these do operate over USB. Because the 5.25" media saw application in tons of non-PC applications, and this is the kind of controller you need to do useful work with them.
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